Tuesday Roundup: RETN, Vantage, Verizon Business, AT&T, Oracle

A couple of international expansion projects, some federal dollars, and some IoT connectivity infrastructure:

RETN is moving into some new territory. The Eurasian network operator has secured the necessary licenses to operate in Turkey and joined the country’s ESB industry association. RETN’s POP in Istanbul comes with links to Tbilisi in the east and Sofia to the west as well as future terrestrial paths into the Middle East. Of course, the Turkish bandwidth market represents a substantial opportunity in and of itself as well.

Vantage has broken ground on its giant new campus in Malaysia’s Cyberjaya technology hub on 35 acres right next to its KUL1 campus. When complete, KUL2 will add some 256MW of IT capacity to their portfolio. The move is part of Vantage’s previously announced plan to invest $3B into infrastructure in Malaysia. They have also lined up the necessary power via an agreement with TNB, which will add a dedicated 275kV high voltage substation to the mix.

Verizon Business added a bit more federal business this week. They have won an EIS contract with the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB, which is an independent federal agency, will be using Verizon’s SD-WAN at 48 branch offices and its HQ as well as security and cloud hosting services. The task order is worth some $4M.

And Oracle has tapped AT&T for IoT connectivity. They will be incorporating AT&T’s capabilities into their Enterprise Communications Platform, enabling their cloud applications customers to manage IoT devices on one platform. The two companies were already working together, as FirstNet and ECP are part of Oracle’s Public Safety suite, but this brings the integration to Oracle’s broader ecosystem.

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Categories: Datacenter · Internet Backbones · IoT, M2M · SDN